Anyone know how to fix this in Windows XP?

[Buliwyf Profile]

When you have documents on your desktop and the filenames are long, Windows will cut the name off and put .... instead.

example: How to fix muscle cars


windows would put: how to fix mu........


any idea on how to make it NOT do the .....

[MoJo]

There is a way, i think you can stop it from doing that by using Powertoys XP but im not sure exactly...

[MMmmGood]

Heres a way.....


Right click on desktop, choose properties. Appearence, advanced,

Change the Item menu to Icon.

Under Font, lower it to 7 or 6.

You can also choose a smaller font.

[Buliwyf Profile]

thanks Mmmmgood

[MeatHead_NJ]

You could also just "right click" scroll to "delete"

No problem with annoying cut off's now. Next.

[Spirit of Me Profile]

Originally posted by Buliwyf
When you have documents on your desktop and the filenames are long, Windows will cut the name off and put .... instead.

example: How to fix muscle cars


windows would put: how to fix mu........


any idea on how to make it NOT do the .....

By default, icons are 32x32 pixels in size and occupy 43x43 pixel space. You can easily adjust these settings by right clicking on the Windows Desktop and selecting "Properties | Appearance" tab. Icon size can be changed by selecting "Icon" from the "Item" drop-down list (Units are noramlly 32,48,64,96,and 128) and the icon spacing can be changed by selecting "Icon spacing (horizontal)" / "Icon spacing (vertical)" items. The greater the number the more text space yopu have. This allows us with vision problems to keep our larger font size and yet have large descriptive names!

Hope that's better for you.
-Spirit